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Moving From Raleigh to Greenville SC: The Triangle vs the UpstateOctober 21, 2026 · Greenville and relocation

Moving From Raleigh to Greenville SC: The Triangle vs the Upstate

Start with the number most Raleigh buyers get wrong: a high earner's state income tax goes up after this move. North Carolina's flat rate is 3.99% in 2026 and…

Moving From San Francisco to Greenville SC: What the Bay Area Buyer Should KnowOctober 21, 2026 · Greenville and relocation

Moving From San Francisco to Greenville SC: What the Bay Area Buyer Should Know

Yes, this move cuts your state income tax, and by a lot. California's top rate is 13.3% for 2026, and an added payroll tax takes the top rate on wage income to…

What $20 Million Buys in Stowe, VermontOctober 13, 2026 · Buying

What $20 Million Buys in Stowe, Vermont

The Council Collection | Stowe, Vermont | October 2026 At $20,000,000, Pristine Meadow at 2575 Weeks Hill Road in Stowe works out to about $1,414 per square…

What Do Recent Sales in The Cliffs Tell Sellers? Six DHG Closings, Community by CommunityOctober 4, 2026 · The Cliffs

What Do Recent Sales in The Cliffs Tell Sellers? Six DHG Closings, Community by Community

Between November 2025 and September 2026, Damian Hall Group closed six transactions inside The Cliffs communities, totaling $16,165,000. Five were at The…

How Hidden Hollow Farm Set the Polk County Sales RecordSeptember 26, 2026 · Horse Country

How Hidden Hollow Farm Set the Polk County Sales Record

Hidden Hollow Farm, a 92-acre equestrian estate at 650 Golf Course Road in Columbus, North Carolina, sold for $4,625,000, all cash, in June 2026. It is the…

What Nearly $13 Million Buys on Lake Tillery, North CarolinaSeptember 26, 2026 · Lake Keowee

What Nearly $13 Million Buys on Lake Tillery, North Carolina

The Council Collection | Mount Gilead, North Carolina | September 2026 At $12,950,000, 123 Cove Point in Mount Gilead works out to about $1,591 per square…

The Cliffs at Glassy: What Buyers Should Know Before They CommitSeptember 20, 2026 · The Cliffs

The Cliffs at Glassy: What Buyers Should Know Before They Commit

The Cliffs at Glassy sits on Glassy Mountain above Landrum, South Carolina, and it is the original Cliffs community. Homes there generally trade between…

What $19 Million Buys in Corona del Mar, CaliforniaSeptember 19, 2026 · Buying

What $19 Million Buys in Corona del Mar, California

The Council Collection | Corona del Mar, California | September 2026 Nineteen million dollars on the Corona del Mar coast buys 4,486 square feet, four…

What a Cliffs Membership Includes and What It CostsSeptember 2, 2026 · The Cliffs

What a Cliffs Membership Includes and What It Costs

A Cliffs membership is a separate purchase from a Cliffs home, and as of the 2026 published schedule only two categories are still sold. Full Golf carries a…

Is Living in The Cliffs Worth It? A Greenville and Lake Keowee PerspectiveSeptember 1, 2026 · The Cliffs

Is Living in The Cliffs Worth It? A Greenville and Lake Keowee Perspective

Living in The Cliffs is worth it for buyers who want a controlled, low-noise lifestyle anchored in privacy, nature, and long-term predictability, not for those…

HOA Fees at The Cliffs: What You’re Actually Paying ForSeptember 1, 2026 · The Cliffs

HOA Fees at The Cliffs: What You’re Actually Paying For

HOA fees at The Cliffs fund private infrastructure that would not exist without collective ownership. In the Upstate, that means gated roads climbing mountain…

Cliffs Communities Compared: Subtle Differences That MatterSeptember 1, 2026 · The Cliffs

Cliffs Communities Compared: Subtle Differences That Matter

The Cliffs is not a single lifestyle decision. It is a geographic one. The experience of living at The Cliffs at Glassy versus Keowee Springs versus Mountain…